Chapter 28

Scandinavia has a long history of forging iron. Its swords have always been famous in Europe for their sharpness and delicacy. Among them, Finnish swords and Viking swords are the most famous and have their own characteristics.

The three of them, Lorraine, Haina and pierce, dressed in loose clothes, walked in the cold alley specializing in swords in the port area.

Northern Europe has many mountains and few people. Most streets and alleys are built along the mountains, which is very different from the densely populated western Europe.

Stavanger's black harbor is no exception.

The wide alleys are paved with scattered bluestone floors. Following the ups and downs of the mountains, they build small wooden spires facing the street, with white walls and color roofs, which are bright and beautiful, just like a fairy tale.

There are few people in the streets. Even if they see them, they are mostly far away. The greetings are two meters away. They are not special acquaintances and can hardly walk together.

This makes Lorraine three people seem particularly noisy and eye-catching.

Walking and laughing all the way, they stopped in front of a shop called [Martini Espot], rang the bell and opened the glass inlaid door.

There is no one in the shop.

There are messy and exquisite swords everywhere. The boss is basking in the sun in the sunny front yard. Even if he sees the guests coming in, he doesn't mean to say hello.

In northern Europe, this is a standard example of hospitality.

Lorraine and the three chose it for themselves.

There are a wide range of weapons in the store, including knives, swords, shields, spears, axes, hammers and hooks. Each kind of weapon is loved by pirates, and the most eye-catching is their knives and swords.

Lorraine saw three pure Viking swords on the sword rack on the wall. The body of the sword was made of Uzi steel. The two edges opened the front and a blood groove was set in the middle.

They are 70 to 90 cm long. The sword body is engraved with a clear [ulfberht] inscription, which is the origin of the store name [Espot].

The number of Finnish knives on display is much more than that of aristocratic Viking swords. Long knives, short knives, machetes and straight knives, some wrapped in tarpaulin and inserted obliquely in wooden barrels, and some covered with leather sleeves scattered on the counter.

They are not conspicuous. The only thing that can distinguish them from other knives is their unique birch skin handle with carved patterns, in addition to the smooth and simple blade.

Lorraine pulled out a pair of long knives with wide straight blades bound in the same tarpaulin from the barrel in the corner.

They look almost the same. They have a thick blade as wide as a palm, a bright blade as thin as hair, a straight back and a sharp tip at the top.

The blade is nearly 120 cm long, with a single handed birch skin handle without calyx. The total length is nearly 140 cm.

Its single blade weighs about four to five kilograms, a little heavy, but Lorraine tried to swing a few times and found that the perfect center of gravity makes it like a finger arm, almost unable to feel the blockage caused by weight.

Lorraine fell in love with this set of knives and picked up the knife to taste it carefully.

At the handle of the knife, he saw the complicated anti-skid pattern inlaid with copper wire. The center of the pattern is the flower inscription [marttini], which is presumably the origin of [marttini] in the store name.

Haina came over with two thin short knives in her hand. She couldn't help feeling a little strange when she saw Lorraine playing with the knife.

"Don't you use a stabbing sword? Why are you looking at the knife."

"After a fight with LEV, I think I may need to strengthen."

"Longer, heavier, more?" Haina looked at Lorraine discontentedly. "The suitable weapon is the good weapon. I thought you wouldn't make such a mistake."

"There may be a misunderstanding here." Lorraine felt his nose shyly. "The ancestral deck fighting technique of the Drake family is actually double knives. I began to practice under the guidance of my father and brother when I was six. If I remember correctly, I should have practiced it for ten years."

Haina stared: "stabbing sword is not your habitual weapon?"

"Stabbing sword is the standard of the Navy. Drake used it only because the Navy asked us to use it."

Everyone has a clear goal, and the selection of equipment will soon have a result.

Lorraine bought the long knife with two thick fishskin scabbards and a leather rope for hanging the knife for sixteen pounds.

Haina chose a set of eight red velvet throwing knives and bought two Finnish short knives called hands for seven pounds.

Pierce bought Karen a broken axe. He also took a fancy to a imitation Viking dagger about 50 cm long. He squeaked and begged.

Lorraine frowned at him. "Pierce, do you want to learn sword?"

Little pierce bit his lips and nodded hard.

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to be a burden!" he said firmly. "When the Gemini pirates robbed the ship, I stood behind Mr. Scott. But I can't help him. I also distracted him and hurt him... I don't want to!"

"If it's for this reason... This sword is not for you."

"Not suitable?"

"The short sword is a toy for Viking children to learn sword, and it is also a weapon for women to defend themselves, but it has nothing to do with soldiers, and even doesn't deserve to have its own name." Lorraine rubbed his head, untied the command sword on his waist, and stuffed it into his hand. "If you want to learn sword, you can use it in the future."

Pierce stared at the sword in his hand: "Sir, it is..."

"It's the sword my father used when he captured the first enemy ship. He traveled around the world and killed pirates. It's the sword of the brave. Promise me not to let it go."

"Yes! I swear in the name of the attics that I will... Live up to your expectations!"

……

The process of twists and turns, the perfect result.

The party with new weapons returned to the ship and put into the final preparation before departure.

Two days later, the side of the ship damaged by the hook and rope was repaired, and the beautiful Nordic glass filled the bottom cabin.

The energetic beauty of Attis sailed away from the wharf on the shore waves, drove out of bocken Fjord, which had stayed for more than ten days, and began a new journey to the West.

The destination this time is in the distant Iberian Peninsula, in the vast Bay of Biscay, in Spain, and on the edge of the declining and no longer prosperous port of Bilbao.

There are calm harbors and passionate flamenco dances.

It will be the origin and destination of the Lorraine triangle trade plan.

That's the most important link.

Once the Spanish trade route is opened, he can export the goods of the new world to Britain, send the spirits of Scotland to Scandinavia, and then feed the luxurious fur and exquisite utensils of northern Europe back to the European continent. So far, a high-quality circulation system in the offshore business circle has been formed.

That will bring him wealth, and how fast wealth can accumulate... Look at the wind, look at the sky, no longer need to look at people's faces.

"Spain, which once set off the era of great navigation... What will be waiting for me?"

Lorraine stepped on the guard rail of the bow deck with one foot and held his arm. Suddenly he heard Pierce's childish cry behind him.

"The wind is southeast and south, level 5, stroke!"

Lorraine grinned, released her hand and pointed straight ahead.

"Quarter sail, set sail! Heading southwest, target belmayo! Artis beauty, let's go!"